Philip Massinger Quotes

Patience is passion tamed.

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

I try to have as much patience as possible.

When I was on the bench, I used to have a yellow pad, and I put on the pad at the beginning of the day, 'patience' and 'restraint.'

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

I am not allowing myself to get carried away.

Everything in moderation, and there's a perfect balance in this life if we can find it.

Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

It's a wise thing to hold back.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

I'm patient.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Moderation is never something I've been good at.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.